Biography
Mr. Kroijer (born 1972) is the author of "Money Mavericks - Confessions of a Hedge Fund Manager" (Financial Times Press – 2010 & 2012 - 2nd edition) and “Investing Demystified – How to Invest without Speculation and Sleepless Nights” (Financial Times Press - 2013). Mr. Kroijer currently serves on the Board of Directors of OVS Capital, Linden Grove Capital, Northlight Capital, Steadview Capital, and Maj sinAI (London, Mumbai/Hong Kong, and Copenhagen based hedge funds), and ShipServ Inc. (the leading online platform for shipping supplies with annual sales of appx $4 billion). He has frequently appeared as a finance expert on a broad range of media, including BBC, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, NY Times, Forbes, etc. Previously Mr. Kroijer was the CIO of Holte Capital Ltd, a London-based market neutral special situations hedge fund which he founded in 2002 before returning external capital in the spring of 2008. Prior to establishing Holte Capital, Mr. Kroijer served in the London office of HBK Investments focusing on special situations investing and event-driven arbitrage. In addition, he previously worked at SC Fundamental, a value-focused hedge fund based in New York, and the investment banking division of Lazard Frères in New York. While in graduate school Mr. Kroijer held internships with the private equity firm Permira Advisors (then Schroder Ventures) and management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. Mr. Kroijer graduated Magna cum Laude from Harvard University with a degree in economics and received a MBA from Harvard Business School. A Danish national, Mr. Kroijer lives in London and is married with twin daughters.
The world equity portfolio is the most diversified equity portfolio available. Investing abroad in a geographically diversified way is easier than it used to be, and there are some great reasons to do it.
The only equity exposure most investors should have is in the cheapest, broadest, most tax-efficient index tracker of aggregate world equity markets they can find.
Not buying insurance for things we can afford to replace or have happen does not mean that those things won’t occur, it just means that instead of having the small bleed of constantly paying premiums for things, we will once in a while be paying out larger replacement amounts for things we did not insure against. However, you should not save on insurance premium payments in instances where you can’t afford the loss.
Annuities are an important and sometimes dominant part of an investment portfolio for millions of savers. But make sure they are worth it.
Even if some people are able to outperform the market, most people are not.
There are many considerations for sophisticated investors to think about when making investments.
It is a complete waste of time to try to outperform the market. In the years when you are figuring out whether you are the next Warren Buffett, you will almost certainly pay more in fees and commissions than those investors who own straightforward index funds, and in performance terms, you will start behind by at least that amount.
Most people do not have an edge over the financial markets, meaning that they can not perform better than the financial market through active selection of some investments over others.